‘The several bays near Cape of Aden, on the Arabian coast, surveyed trigonometrically’
Date:
1839/1839
Description:
Abstract: Imprint:Published by John Walker Geographer to the Honble. East India Company. Engraved by J.&C. Walker.Distinctive Features:Relief shown by gradient tints.Depths shown by soundings recorded in fathoms at low water.Includes note on survey’s execution and observations with surveyors’ and assistants’ names reported, signed by S.B. Haines.In the upper portion of plate three sketches: ‘Land forming the West.n side of Bunder Fuggum’, ‘From the vessel at anchor in 15 f.ms off Bunder Sheik’ and ‘Gibbul Shumsan from the Vessel at Anchor in Aden eastern bay’.Original drawings at IOR/X/3224/2.Physical description: Dimensions:618 x 872 mm, on sheet 706 x 920 mm